Quality Arena | Parts Unknown, FL
Aired live on GRPL+ | February 2, 2024
Standard open, but once it ended we saw Prince Ootsuka putting on designer sunglasses and welcomed viewers to a special episode of Ruckus: the last one they would have to see Jim Jaspers’ sorry face on. As the Prince started to describe the beating he would inflict on his ex partner, Jaspers actually blindsided Ootsuka and they began to brawl through the backstage area. Their fight went on for the first thirty to sixty seconds of the show until Quality Force security swarmed the scene to break them up.
The Quality Controllers didn't like that, loudly chanting “Let them fight!” as Jaspers tried to get his hands around Ootsuka's neck.
We went from that chaos backstage to Steve Vandeblanche and Carl Christensen at the announce, who hyped the impending Jaspers/Ootsuka match to come on tonight’s show as well as title defenses of the Crush championship and the GRPL+ World TV championship…but the night would begin with tag team action.
1.. the Wonderful Ward Brothers v. A World of Pain
Ruckus began with the former tag team champions making their way down to the ring as QCW Rewind showed the Wards stepping up their aggression to lay out the End Times and Summer Rose. Here, the Wards used that new level of aggression against their larger opponents in a showcase while the announce put over the Wards finding a new level in their hunt to get their titles back. Napalm Bob took a couple of cutters and a double cutter to go down, but go down he did.
The Wonderful Ward Brothers d. A World of Pain in 5:36
The Wards didn't celebrate post match but rather seemed to be scanning the concourse looking for the End Times; it turned out they missed them by a few minutes.
Why would QCW air a sizzle reel for former multiple time Catch Hell Wrestling League champion Ashok Banjerjee? Because the Internet rumors are true, which means that the Boundless One will be making QCW his home and is coming soon.
2. The End Times (w/Summer Rose) v. The International Players
As the End Times and Summer Rose came out through the concourse QCW Rewind showed them all taking some lumps at the hands of the Wonderful Ward Brothers in last week's no contest.
By contrast, the International Players came out with high, positive energy and fired up the faithful coming out.
As it turned out, the match was dominated by the fresher former tag champs, as Lucius Patton and Benjamin Valentino used a borderline showcase to show off their double teams and keeping the pace quicker than the Times would have liked. Things were rolling the Players’ way…right up until Summer Rose saw an opportunity and hit Benjamin Valentino with the butt end of a THE END IS NIGH sign while he had a pinfall. Quickly, the End Times followed up with the Reckoning and snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
The End Times d. The International Players in 11:00
With Valentino in disarray, the End Times started going after Patton at Summer’s direction but as they prepared to hit a home run with their signs the crowd started cheering loudly.
Jupiter Jones ran down the aisle and immediately saved his squad, laying out Dr. Martin Williams with a Bolt From Olympus and tried to land one on Danny Castle, but Summer got him out of the ring and tried to gather up Dr. Williams as Jupiter got the mic from Duck.
Jones said that they may have cheated the College Park Family tonight, but since that happened he was going to stand by his boys next week in a six man tag and help them get revenge. It didn't matter who their third was, because it would be them who gods destroyed! Jones tossed the mic aside and waved them on from the ring, but the End Times remained stoic as they headed through the concourse and out of sight.
3. “La Flor” Luz Cruz [c] v. Justine Danek for the Crush championship
Justine has been in QCW before (she may or may not be back), but adding her last name didn't help her lift the belt from the steamrolling Cruz. Rewind rana set up the triple jump moonsault and that ended things.
Luz Cruz d. Justine Danek in 6:48 to retain the Crush championship 7️⃣
After replays and watching Luz celebrating a bit, we cut to a monologue from Earlier Today featuring The Champ, Autumn Powers l. She mentioned that she’d heard what Naz had to say last week so she had a response:
Naz was The Champ - she IS The Champ. Biiiiiig difference.
In fact, she’ll prove it next week when she defends the Fifteen Pounds of Gold against someone who posts a W tonight. Holmes can figure out who, it doesn't matter, because whether it's next week, next month, or hell, next year, the Final Woman will still be here and still sitting atop QCW’s mountain as The Champ. Autumn's logo flashed on the screen before we went back to the Arena for live action.
4. Team Batroc v. The Game Changers
Match | GBB
A fun little TV match between two former sets of champions trying to climb their way back to the belts.
Al and Ashley started off hot after some early problems, and it was clear that the GCs came in with a game plan to isolate Serge, male quick tags, and overcome the most recent belt holders by using a wrestling version of death by a thousand paper cuts.
With their upper hand steadily increasing, the Changers went to slam the door on Serge with Face Reality, but Batroc slipped out the back door and shoved Al into Ashley; with the minor opening he got Serge quickly crawled over and tagged in Pyotr.
As you might expect, the entire tenor of the match shifted hard - talented as they are, the Tiki God and THEE Influencer couldn't match Pyotr's power, as has been the story in QCW since Serge recruited him and brought him in. Down the stretch Al made a save to keep the match going, but as he was leaving the ring Serge leapt in and blasted him with a discus European uppercut that sent him between the ropes and to the floor. Pyotr put the finishing touches on the fight shortly thereafter with Hit My Music to put another win on the Team Batroc banner.
Team Batroc d. the Game Changers in 14:33
As Serge raised Pyotr’s hand in the ring, a cut to backstage showed Savage Justice watching this all on a monitor with their tag belts over their shoulders.
Their faces were brick walls.
Before one last big commercial break we got the same weird sepia toned footage we’ve seen over the past few weeks; five different crosses flashed across the screen as a male and female voice in unison encouraged the QCW roster of false idols and their fans to repent before the CHOSEN.
5. “the Fury” Jim Jaspers v. Prince Ootsuka
Jaspers came out first but hung out by the Qualitron instead of heading towards the ring; when the newly monikered Prince started using the ramp for his runway walk Old Jim jumped him from behind and the fight was back on.
There was technically a match in here, but mostly the ex partners brawled around ringside with small stints inside the ring. The match ended with even more chaos, as Ootsuka accidentally (?) pulled the ref in front of Jaspers’ Fury Road and took out the zebra. A second ref came down to referee the rest of the match and get medical out for the first ref – but within a couple of minutes that ref got accidentally (?)) pulled in the line of fire of an Ootsuka thrust kick that dropped them in sections. As Jim and the Prince continued throwing stiff strikes at each other, a third referee came out and briefly talked to Duck before we found out what the decision was.
“The Fury” Jim Jaspers and Prince Ootsuka fought to a no contest officially at 8:02
Crowd didn't like that, nope.
Jaspers and Ootsuka brawled again until Quality Force separated them yet again; you and the announce are right in suspecting that this is far from over.
Before the main event, Steve and Carl hyped up next week's big events: Luz Cruz and the Crush championship inching ever close to 10, Sohla Patel vs. Lolo Vuitton and in the main event, Autumn Powers/Pyotr Caviar II for the Unified World championship.
Main event time, kiddies…
6. Omar Littlefield [c] v. Atum Pharoah for the GRPL+ World Television championship
Finally, Omar was up against someone bigger than he was. It was hoss fight o’clock and there was enough beef to put a smile on a Midwesterner’s face.
Atum surprised the crowd and maybe even Omar by muscling him around the ring a few times to increasingly louder pops from the Quality Controllers. Of course, some of that noise may have been from the Ootsuka/Jaspers fight that spilled into the concourse from the back. It got Atum’s attention, and moreover gave Omar the opportunity to sneak up on Atum and lift him up before planting him with a ring-rattling rack bomb.
That drew some guttural groans from the crowd and a roar from Omar, who started to take over the proceedings - in fact, he even broke the Claw of Horus with his bare hands before planting Atum with a chokeslam. That was the beginning of Pharoah’s end; the end came after four Vader Bombs and his signature Face Eraser.
Omar Littlefield d. Atum Pharoah in 6:32 to retain the GRPL+ World Television championship 2️⃣
After replays, Omar held the title over his head with a surly look on his face. But his look changed to confusion as the Jaspers/Ootsuka fight started coming into the ring and continued on. At one point, Ootsuka accidentally (?) sent Jaspers into Littlefield, and that was all it took for Omar to kick violence into another gear.
After tree slamming Jaspers to the canvas, Omar let FIVE Vader Bombs off before planting what was left of Old Jim with the Face Eraser. Ootsuka smack talked his fallen ex partner before turning to Omar and offering up a high five. Littlefield gave it to him, but when Ootsuka tried to walk away he couldn't; Omar didn't let go and started crushing his hand.
Littlefield started to splatter Ootsuka around the ring as well, eventually dropping him with four Vader Bombs and a Face Eraser before grabbing poor Atum and giving him another Face Eraser onto Ootsuka. Omar sent his scowl all over the ring before picking the World TV title off the canvas and throwing it over his shoulder. As Carl Christensen freaked out on commentary, we saw Atum Pharoah, Prince Ootsuka and Jim Jaspers all laid out in the ring and Omar Littlefield stomping to the back with the TV title over his shoulder.
The credit box came up with Steve Vandeblanche wondering if three men couldn't stop Omar Littlefield from acting as judge, jury and executioner, then who could?
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